Iwata: Key Third Party Wii U Announcements Are Coming
Although some have become a bit 'pessimistic', he says.
Wondering where all the Wii U third party games have gone? Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has an answer to that - as expected, a lot of publishers suddenly became shy of the console following weak game sales at launch. But, as the platform gets stronger towards the end of the year, more support will be announced.
During the company's annual shareholders meeting, Iwata admitted that third party support had been a bit dry recently, but "this is not a universal trend but each software developer has its own thoughts." He added that despite some publishers outright saying no to Wii U development, "other big publishers have made all of their main titles available for the platform.
"There were so many games released by third party publishers for Wii U during the launch period, but most of them were converted from other platforms and therefore could not enjoy brisk sales. As a result, some software developers have become pessimistic about Wii U," Iwata added.
"The time will come when some third-party games for Wii U and for other platforms are released at the same time this year. It is important to have given much momentum to Wii U around that period." Speaking more optimistically, the exec said that "there are more key titles to be announced by [third party developers]" later down the line.
With Nintendo holding off on releasing its killer titles until some 8 months after the launch of its home console, you have to wonder if third parties aren't acting - even if just a little bit - on Nintendo's orders in preparation of a strong Q4 release/announce period. That, of course, would be the conclusion you'd come to if you were as optimistic as Iwata, though.
Source: Nintendo
During the company's annual shareholders meeting, Iwata admitted that third party support had been a bit dry recently, but "this is not a universal trend but each software developer has its own thoughts." He added that despite some publishers outright saying no to Wii U development, "other big publishers have made all of their main titles available for the platform.
"There were so many games released by third party publishers for Wii U during the launch period, but most of them were converted from other platforms and therefore could not enjoy brisk sales. As a result, some software developers have become pessimistic about Wii U," Iwata added.
"The time will come when some third-party games for Wii U and for other platforms are released at the same time this year. It is important to have given much momentum to Wii U around that period." Speaking more optimistically, the exec said that "there are more key titles to be announced by [third party developers]" later down the line.
With Nintendo holding off on releasing its killer titles until some 8 months after the launch of its home console, you have to wonder if third parties aren't acting - even if just a little bit - on Nintendo's orders in preparation of a strong Q4 release/announce period. That, of course, would be the conclusion you'd come to if you were as optimistic as Iwata, though.
Source: Nintendo
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